Avik Chakraborty

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 7 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 18 years of diverse recruiting experience
  • Expert in strategic talent acquisition and management
  • Passionate about diversity and inclusion in hiring
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Talent Acquisition leader in the Fintech and Medtech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionDigital BankingStakeholder EngagementLeadership HiringStrategic Talent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementR&d Hiring

Other Skills

Application EngineeringArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationBenefits NegotiationBuilding Business PartnershipsBusiness IntelligenceCandidate AssessmentCandidate ExperienceCareer CounselingChange ManagementContract RecruitmentDiversity & InclusionDiversity RecruitmentEarly Career RecruitingEmployee Benefits

About

With 18 years of recruiting experience across diverse domains and industries, currently managing the TA roadmap for Kotak Tech business. I am passionate about technology and connecting people skills to challenging careers, as well as fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. My core competencies include developing and executing key hiring strategies, managing hiring roadmap for areas like IT, enterprise product engineering, technology/platform, and analytics, setting up scalable hiring processes for on-demand skills and niche skill capabilities, planning and executing TA best practices and sustainability, and contributing to various country level programs around social branding, candidate experience, and nurturing best recruiting practices. As a great team player, a true people manager, and a business result oriented professional, I believe in adapting and changing to grow together.

Experience

18 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
11 mos
Current Experience

Kotak mahindra bank

Vice President Talent Acquisition

Jul 2025Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Building the future of banking from branch to cloud through deep tech & AI, we call it Tech@Kotak!
EngineeringProduct DevelopmentTalent Acquisition Business PartnerStrategic HRApplication EngineeringDigital Banking+3

Philips

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Apr 2022Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Managed the hiring for Technology & Engineering and Enterprise IT for Philips Innovation Centre.
Strategic Talent AcquisitionStakeholder EngagementCandidate ExperienceDiversity & InclusionHR ToolsMedtech Hiring+2

Epsilon

2 roles

Manager - Talent Acquisition

Nov 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Leading the end to end TA roadmap for multiple business of Epsilon India.
  • Program Managing various initiatives for TA and Business succession.
  • Managing Leadership hiring for Product Engineering, Platform, Technology, Information Security capabilities.
Leadership HiringAutomationTalent MappingTeam ManagementProduct HiringQuality of hire+3

Lead - Talent Advisor

Jul 2017Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Creating the hiring success stories for Technology, Platform and Product Engg. business unit of Epsilon India.
  • Hiring the best Engineers across Software Engineering stack - Java/Dot Net, DevOps Automation, AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud, Big Data/Data Engineering, Product Management, Cyber Security/Information Security, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing etc.
  • A trusted Business partner supporting organization to meet their hiring needs and business goals.
  • Believes that strategy comes before action, also managing Campus Hires, Initiatives/Programs around TA Branding, Candidate Exp., Post Offer Engagement, Referral/Talent Mobility, Tools & Automation etc.
Stakeholder ManagementBuilding Business PartnershipsStrategic Talent AcquisitionAutomationCandidate ExperienceTalent Mapping+1

Hewlett packard enterprise

Senior Consultant - Global TA

Mar 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Involved and owning Talent Management road-map across ITO (IT Infrastructure) and R&D capability of HPE for APJ/EMEA region.
  • Excellent customer engagement and managing various TA initiatives and practices as a team from India.
  • Active participation in campus hires and TA Programs for India region.
  • Also managed a team of TA Operations managing interview events, employee referral campaigns & events, post offer follow-ups and managed Vendor Management.
Stakeholder ManagementStrategic Talent AcquisitionCandidate ExperienceR&D HiringEarly Career RecruitingProduct Hiring+1

Askme.com

Deputy Manager - Corporate HR

Aug 2015Feb 2016 · 6 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Acting as the corporate HR SPOC for all business units like Askme-Bazar, Askme-Grocery, Askme-Furniture driving from Talent Acquisition Practices to various people HR practices. Revamping and automation of various HR practices creating technology based platforms. Also Owning and Driving various practices like Employee Services Confirmation, KPP (Goal Setting), Performance Review Process (Mid-Year and Annual), Retention etc.
  • Also, owning and driving the entire process of Comp & Benefits (Rewards), Annual Performance Bonus computation etc.
  • Driving the entire change management of HR practices through Microsoft ERP platform driving and bringing a vital change in culture and practices.
Strategic Talent AcquisitionTalent Acquisition

Hcl technologies (infrastructure services division)

Associate Manager (Specialist) - TAG

Mar 2010Aug 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Owning and delivering of entire offshore end to end strategic delivery of Niche/Super Niche skills across verticals. Enabling effective Vendor Management, Social Networking/Media networking, TP/C2H, Strong referral market mapping, hiring model for unexpectable joinings in delivering the Niche and Super-Niche areas in Global IT Infrastructure domain. Effectively planning, strategy, design and delivering as strong Business Interface for multiple tracks for Pan India.
  • Bringing on-board more than few hundreds of engineers across skill set & levels in Enterprise Tools, Information Security, Networks, Software Dev & Cloud Automation world.
Stakeholder ManagementBuilding Business PartnershipsCandidate AssessmentTA CoEEmployer BrandingTalent Acquisition

Starpowerz human resources pvt. ltd

Senior Talent Resource & Key Accounts

Sep 2009Mar 2010 · 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Buisness Aquisition,Resource Delivery,Monthly Payrole,Client Relationship, RPO model deliveries etc...

Teamlease

Career Consultant

Sep 2007May 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Recruitments, Project Mangement, Asessments, Training & Development, Career Counselling, End to end Outsourcing...

Sampark search private limited

HR Consultant

Mar 2007Sep 2007 · 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Recruitments across industries - IT,ITES,KPO,BFSI at junior and mid level professionals... Managed talent delivery for IT giant players (outsourced).

Education

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

MBA — HRM

Jan 2007Jan 2009

University of Cambridge

Graduate Diploma In International Business — International Business

Jan 2005Jan 2006

JIMS

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) — HR & International Marketing

Jan 2003Jan 2006

AMPS,Durgapur

Senior Secondary — Bio-Science

Jan 2001Jan 2003

West Bengal State University, Kolkata

High School — Mathematics and Computer Science

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